Indiana starts budget year strong

INDIANAPOLIS | Indiana's 2013 budget year got off to a fast start last month, with state revenue beating expectations by 4.1 percent and coming in 10 percent higher than last July.

Indiana's $2 billion in reserve triggers taxpayer refund topping $100

INDIANAPOLIS | Two years of scrimping and saving by Indiana's state government soon will put more than $100 in the pockets of most Hoosiers.

State revenue forecast proving accurate

INDIANAPOLIS | State revenue is on pace to meet or exceed estimates when the 2012 budget year ends June 30.

Legislators may nix tax refund

INDIANAPOLIS | A 2013 income tax refund, based on Indiana's expected budget surplus, could disappear before it even exists.

It's not a surplus when financial obligations aren't met

Indiana has "found" $300 million that the governor didn't notice was missing?

Daniels urges lawmakers not to spend tax refund money

INDIANAPOLIS | Gov. Mitch Daniels warned state lawmakers Thursday not to go on a spending spree that would jeopardize the budget surplus refund Hoosiers are set to receive in 2013.

State revenue beats estimate again

INDIANAPOLIS | State revenue last month once again topped expectations, bringing in $10 million more than predicted by budget forecasters.

Bring some of those state surplus dollars to NWI

With Indiana's surplus, the state should first fix Cline Avenue for $60 million and Ameristar's $35 million.

Daniels OKs bonuses up to $1,000

INDIANAPOLIS | State employees will be paid a bonus of up to $1,000 each for their efforts in helping Indiana amass a $1.2 billion budget surplus.

nwi.com Daily News Update

The nwi.com Daily News Update for Thursday, July 14, 2011. The video compiles the headline news stories from Northwest Indiana and Chicago's south suburbs.

Legislature approves budget, adjourns for year

INDIANAPOLIS | The Indiana General Assembly approved a two-year, $28 billion state budget late Friday night and adjourned for the year, bringing an end to one of the most tumultuous legislative sessions in state history.